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We currently have three offerings available via our RSS feed service. If you have a
feed reader or news aggregator, you can click the links below to view our RSS feeds in your web browser
and to subscribe to future updates. (If you do nothave a feed reader, the linked pages will not display properly.)
The rest of this page is a summary of RSS, what it does and how you can
use it.
What is RSS?
RSS has several meanings: Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary
and RDF Site Summary (RDF stands for Resource Data Framework).
In any case, RSS is a method of summarizing the latest news and information
from a website in a lightweight form that can be easily read by any of
a number of news readers or news aggregators. The idea is to give users
the ability to quickly obtain the latest news and updates from a site in
a headline or news digest format. This in turn helps during high-traffic
periods by reducing the load on the servers.
What do I need to use the RSS feeds?
To use our RSS feeds, you need a
feed reader (aka news aggregator) installed on your computer. These applications can be set to read the
feeds on a recurring basis, generally once an hour or so.
Once you install the feed reader or news aggregator, you can simply add
the feed addresses (URLs) to the list of feeds in the reader. The installation
instructions for the readers will help you with that. If your news reader
or aggregator uses "auto-discovery," simply enter the main site address
(eg.
http://ars.usda.gov) and it will find the available feeds.
Technical Q&A
- What version of RSS do we use?
- Our feeds use the RSS 2.0 specification. The feeds give the date, time,
title, and the link to the web posting itself along with the actual text
of the article.
- Got more questions?
- If you have problems, questions, or feedback regarding our RSS feeds,
please send them to our
webmaster.
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